The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses Saudi Arabia’s welcome of the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories. The ICJ confirmed the illegality of the Israeli presence in the occupied Palestinian territories for the past 57 years. The Kingdom stressed the need to take practical and credible steps to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and international legitimacy resolutions. This solution must guarantee the Palestinian people their inherent right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.